How to Remove "OBER VERSION 1.6.444" Virus (Easy Removal Guide)

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What is OBER VERSION 1.6.444?

OBER VERSION 1.6.444 is classified as Win32:PUP-gen (potentially unwanted program).

OBER VERSION 1.6.444 detected as PUP.AD.OBER.
What is PUP? PUP is crapware.
OBER VERSION 1.6.444 have several types of unwanted behaviour:

Displaying popup ads.
Hijacking your browser.
Infecting your desktop shortcuts, etc.
Inserting ads to the web pages.

OBER VERSION 1.6.444 can redirect your browser search, collect your personal information and sell it for advertising.
OBER VERSION 1.6.444 is usually hard in removing. Some people could not find uninstall program for OBER VERSION 1.6.444 in the Control Panel.
Sometimes OBER VERSION 1.6.444 uninstaller does not work.

How OBER VERSION 1.6.444 got on your computer?

Usually you got OBER VERSION 1.6.444 with as part of a bundle with another tool you downloaded from the Internet. Since OBER VERSION 1.6.444 manufacturer pays software developers for distributing OBER VERSION 1.6.444 within their applications, OBER VERSION 1.6.444 is often included as part of the installer.
Usually, you have not only one OBER VERSION 1.6.444 problem, but a bunch of similar WIN32:PUPs.

You have 2 ways to remove OBER VERSION 1.6.444:

You have 2 ways

1. Remove Automatically.
2. Remove Manually.

Why I recommend you to use an automatic way?

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Here’s how to remove OBER VERSION 1.6.444 virus automatically:

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STEP 3: Remove OBER VERSION 1.6.444 virus (3 minutes)

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How to remove OBER VERSION 1.6.444 manually:

STEP 1: Check all shortcuts of your browsers on your desktop, taskbar and in the Start menu. Right click on your shortcut and change it's properties.

http://…

You can see OBER VERSION 1.6.444 or another web site at the end of shortcut target (command line). Remove it and save changes.

In addition, check this command line for fake browser's trick.
For example, if a shortcut points to Google Chrome, it must have the path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe.
Fake browser may be: …\Appdata\Roaming\HPReyos\ReyosStarter3.exe.
Also the file name may be: “chromium.exe” instead of chrome.exe.

STEP 2: Investigate the list of installed programs and uninstall all unknown recently installed programs.

check installed programs to uninstall

STEP 3: Open Task Manager and close all processes, related to OBER VERSION 1.6.444 in their description. Discover the directories where such processes start. Search for random or strange file names.

Remove OBER VERSION 1.6.444 virus from running processes

STEP 4: Inspect the Windows services. Press Win+R, type in: services.msc and press OK.

Remove OBER VERSION 1.6.444 virus from Windows services

Disable the services with random names or contains OBER VERSION 1.6.444 in it's name or description.

STEP 5: After that press Win+R, type in: taskschd.msc and press OK to open Windows Task Scheduler.
Remove OBER VERSION 1.6.444 from scheduled task list.